morepraxis

i loved the whole article by Mark Vernon, but the last lines in this paragraph resonate perfectly with me…

I feel a bit of an impostor, standing behind a lectern giving a religious address. It’s not that I haven’t done it before. I used to be an Anglican priest. However, now I’m agnostic about Christianity – [...]

[ May 21, 2010 6:00 pm to May 22, 2010 5:00 pm. ] I have been meaning to post this for a while – looks good with some great speakers. Give them a call and sneak in  Age

rego and more info http://www.ea.org.au/Events/CantGetNoSatisfaction.aspx
The New Testament declares that ‘Jesus died for us’. But how should we understand this summary statement? A variety of models and metaphors have been put [...]

Thirty of the best minds on the climate change issue, in the one place, at the one time. The Deakins 2010.
More information over here…

blessed be the perplexed and the confused
for theirs will be the kingdom of holy insecurity…
i search the scriptures for the stories that tell like mine:
for those who were found
and now are lost;
who could see
and now are blind
but the words and stories
that have been my staff and strength
finished too soon
and where there were answers
there are now [...]

In the week before Easter 2010 the Bonhoeffer Peace Collective went to the Swan Island Military base to press the emergency stop button on the war in Afghanistan. They face Geelong Magistrates Court in the last week of May/first week of June and would love you to join [...]

i am a flimsy web
of uncertainty
i said,
quoting the poem,
relishing the ease
with which the words rolled around my tongue
and fell on your ears
until i watched doubt enter your faith
for the first time.
i am so sorry.
it’s all too easy
to deny the power i have
to crush another’s fragile
faith.
doubt is sacred
and not to be entered blithely.

MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY  Roadtrip is on its way.
The road trip is part of the Make Poverty History (MPH) campaign that the Uniting Church has supported and engaged with for many years from policy development, to political lobbing, education, service and aid partnerships throughout the world. The MPH Roadtrip is a great opportunity for our young adults to put [...]

I think this clip about the Robin Hood tax is classic

Update on the IMF, the G20 and the Robin Hood Tax
Posted on May 1st, 2010 by Ned Kelly

In the lead up to the June G20 summit, the IMF issued an interim report on financial reform. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors discussed it [...]